Holy Mother Amma

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Hello

 

I'm not a follower of Amritananda Mayi Ma, or "Amma" or "Ammachi", but I

know a good deal about her as a good friend of mine is one of her ardent

devotees, and loaned me a video which I watched. I also read some of her

pamphlets.

 

Amma is an Indian woman, in her late forties now, who has for many years

given darshans called "Bhavas", "Krishna Bhava" and "Devi Bhava", where

she manifests these Divine beings herself, as if she is that deity.

These days, mostly she shows "Devi Bhava".

 

She sits on a seat of honor, and manifests this deity, kindof like as if

in a trance or channeling you might say, though they don't say that, and

in this altered state she hugs whomever comes up. People line up, and

receive a hug. She says "Son" or "Daughter" to most, and gives them some

prasad, usually a chocolate kiss or something.

 

This sounds very simple, but many people, tons, feel something special

coming from her. She wears clothing as if she is the deity, and many

believe, she actually IS the deity. Her devotees call her "God" often,

or "Holy Mother". She is acting at these times as if she is "Devi"

Herself, the mother of all, the female side of God. Her followers

believe this.

 

Other than these "Bhavas" which are a type of darshan of a spiritual

entity you could say, she also speaks rather normal Hindu like

preachings, and she has an ashram that can be visited in India, many go

there, and she travels constantly. She was recently featured in people

magazine. The numbers of her followers are quite large. There are many

in every city by now. You could say she is currently one of the most

popular Indian Guru figures on the planet.

 

Physically, she is a smiling overweight average looking Indian woman

nearing 50 years old. It's in her presence that people feel something

special. In pictures, she looks like a happy normal Indian woman. If you

see pictures of an overweight smiling Indian woman in white in

somebody's home, it's probably Amma being resepected.

 

There are a few such personalities on Earth right now- Indian woman who

are claiming to be, or who are claimed by others to be, the "Devi"

herself. Of them all, Amma is the one most widely known it seems, the

one with the most popularity.

 

Some Hindu sampradayas or lineages do not accept any of these

personalities as genuinely being what they or their followers claim them

to be, but the fact is, aside from this formal lack of acceptance in

more rigid Hindu sects, the followers are getting encouragement in love,

Divine love, the Divine path, etc., so who can say boo to that? Love is

love. But philosophy, scripture, and Hindu Sanctimony are complex

subjects. Amma is successful in her mission, and many feel she is their

Guru, and even God Herself.

 

So that's who Amma is in a nutshell.

 

Hope I've done right at least in being impartial as I tend to stand on

the side of the more rigid philosphical sects who do not accept Divinity

in humans very easily as is the case in these other personalities of

popular followings.

 

Thanks,

 

Raghu Goravani

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Goravani Jyotish"

Vedic/Hindu Astrology Software

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Dear Das,

 

Thanks for the information on "who" Amma is.

 

I was just curious, because I had honestly never heard anything about her.

So thanks for updating me on the latest ...

 

~Namaste~

Sandy

http://www.jupitersweb.com/

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gjlist , Das Goravani <das@g...> wrote:

>>Hope I've done right at least in being impartial as I tend to stand

>>on the side of the more rigid philosphical sects who do not accept

>>Divinity in humans very easily as is the case in these other

>>personalities of popular followings.

 

Hello Das Goravani,

 

I am wondering do you have any kind of experience about

transcendental consciousness?! As i have read this and so many

postlists, i can realize that this knowledge is very rare - or in

fact is not: those who have the knowledge doesn´t take part to quite

public conversations, because it´s useless to communicate with those

who doesn´t understand.

 

Not saying i´m follower of Amma, but i understand the Divinity in her

presence. She´s not the only one.

 

http://www.ammachi.org/

 

Regards,

 

Mark